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Rio Tinto’s AutoHaul brings freight rail into 21st century
By: Esmarie Iannucci 14th June 2019 Mining major Rio Tinto on Friday officially rolled out its $940-million AutoHaul rail technology programme, marking the world’s first automated heavy-haul long distance rail network. Rio’s 2.4 km-long trains, running a network of 1 700 km of track, has now safely travelled more than 4.5-milion... →
South Africans to prepare ‘smart heavy haul industry’ roadmap
The South African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) hosted a three-day technical workshop in Johannesburg in late 2018 as part of preparations for the 2019 International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) conference to be held in Narvik, Norway, from June 10 to 14. Ten countries are a part of the IHHA... →
Defining the heavy-haul railway of the future
Heavy-haul railways are under constant pressure to optimise operational efficiency, a factor that has led the sector to spearhead many new technologies. Michael Roney, special advisor to the International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA), explains in this article, originally published in the... →
Transnet Freight Rail Breakthrough Technologies
In a context of increasing competition, growing demand and tighter management of operational and capital costs, freight railways are constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency by boosting throughput and cutting costs. Below are several breakthrough technologies that have been developed... →
Longest Production Train in the World
In an unprecedented move, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) successfully ran a 375 wagon manganese train. The testing of the train took place on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 over a distance of around 861 km, from Sishen to Saldanha. The test train is four (4) kilometres long and will be a production... →
Heavy Haul Game Changer 
International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) chairperson Brian Monakali, who is also acting Rail Network GM at South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail, believes collaboration is the key to ensuring that global heavy haul operators mitigate the risks associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution... →
ELBCon installing leach vats at Glencore’s Rhovan vanadium mine
By: Simone Liedtke 12th June 2019 Construction services provider ELB Construction (ELBCon) has been awarded a contract by Turnmill Proquip Equipment to install four leach vats, as well as associated structural steel, at Glencore’s Rhovan vanadium mine, in the North West. The mine’s aged leach vats are becoming obsolete and will... →
ELB Construction installing Rhovan Leach Vat project at Bethanie
By: Creamer Media Reporter 12th June 2019 ELB Construction (Pty) Ltd (ELBCON) is pleased to announce it has been awarded the project to install 4x Leach Vats, as well as associated structural steel for Turnmill Proquip Equipment (Pty) Ltd at Glencore’s Rhovan Mine Operations at Bethanie outside Brits in the North West province.... →
The Evolution of Design Trends in Industrial Machinery
The influence of changes in human society and activity has always been the underlying motivation behind major trends in the development of everyday objects, and the trends and changes we’ve witnessed in the fields of industry and industrial machinery are no exception. From the moment the... →
Qld wants to make Mount Isa line more attractive for mineral exporters
By: Esmarie Iannucci 10th June 2019 The resources sector has welcomed a half-billion dollar commitment by the Queensland government to boost mineral freight exports on the Mount Isa line. The government on Sunday announced an A$128-million initiative to lower freight charges and to build a new container terminal at the Port of... →
Guinea iron-ore prospectors set sights on ArcelorMittal rail
By: Reuters 6th June 2019 The race to mine Guinea's iron-ore has started although the focus is not on its giant Simandou deposits but on smaller finds whose output could be transported via Liberia if ArcelorMittal shares its railway, banking and industry sources said. Guinea's aspirations to develop Simandou, the world's... →
Los Andes Chile copper project has a $1.8bn NPV
By: Creamer Media Reporter 6th June 2019 TSX-V-listed Los Andes Copper is advancing its Vizcachitas project, in central Chile, to a prefeasibility study stage, after a preliminary economic assessment confirmed the copper/molybdenum deposit’s economic viability. The project considers an openpit mine and concentrator plant that produces a... →
TFR to conduct yearly maintenance shutdown on MMC line this month
By: Simone Liedtke 5th June 2019 State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) will be conducting its yearly maintenance shutdown on the Mineral Mining and Chrome (MMC) line from June 4 to 10. The shutdown will allow TFR to undertake maintenance work that cannot take place during normal occupational conditions. →
Pensana raises $5m for Longonjo PFS
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th June 2019 ASX-listed Pensana Metals has raised $5-million through the private placement of 250-million shares at $0.02 a share. The funds will be spent on the prefeasibility study (PFS) into the development of its Longonjo neodymium/praseodymium (NdPr) project, in Angola. →
Two down, one to go as Resgen advances funding talks
By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd June 2019 ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation on Monday said it had received credit approval from a second member of its proposed lending syndicate for the development of the Boikarabelo coal mine in South Africa’s Waterberg region. The company said the confirmed participation from the funder should... →
IHHA conference to ‘better equip’ Transnet to take advantage of global knowledge, technology
By: Simone Liedtke 31st May 2019 As it keeps the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in mind, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is hopeful that the upcoming International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) conference will provide the State-owned entity with an opportunity to not just showcase South African capabilities and potential to the... →
Aus company answers demand for SA-made LPF
By: Tracy Hancock 31st May 2019 An Australian-designed low-profile feeder (LPF) comprising about 50% local content has been successfully delivered to a mine on the Zambian Copperbelt, with advanced discussions on the further supply of such units under way with various clients. The LPF is the first to be produced by... →
South Africa still top seaborne manganese supplier – Jupiter
By: Martin Creamer 30th May 2019 South Africa remains the leading manganese supplier to the seaborne market, accounting for more than 35% of global production, excluding China, Jupiter Mines chairperson Brian Gilbertson noted in the company’s annual report on Thursday. Australia-listed Jupiter Mines owns 49.9% of Tshipi é Ntle,... →
Collective SA effort needed to spotlight platinum’s deftness in climate change battle
By: Martin Creamer 28th May 2019 More vehicle manufacturers are acknowledging that platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cells are the sole route to 100% carbon-free driving. But platinum’s own catalytic prowess is in danger of being under-acknowledged. →
Eskom insiders provide 'very limited' choices to replace CEO
By: Bloomberg 28th May 2019 Eskom Holdings’ 96-year history is replete with former CEOs who rose from within South Africa’s debt-laden State utility to run the company. There are few obvious choices for the next CEO to come from those same ranks. Two possible candidates from Eskom’s executive team to replace Phakamani... →
